During the day the brightness on the lowest setting is more than enough for me.
Take a look at the video below and please download the iClarified app or follow iClarified on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and RSS for more Apple news, videos, and tutorials. Wow so much brightness a flashe applewatch apple lifestyle watch applewatchband fashion instatech technology iphone ipad gym sport workout. It’s one of my oldest complaints about Apple Watch: It‘s just too bright at night. Depending on the watch face, select elements like the digital time or watch hands are presented at a higher brightness level than the background. For the always-on test we measured the brightness of the background image.
The always-on display of the Apple Watch Series 6 measured higher than the Apple Watch Series 5 at 16 nits, compared to 12 nits on the Series 5 which quickly dimmed down to just 1 nit. We measured a peak brightness of 476 nits (cd/m2) on the Apple Watch Series 6 compared to 422 nits (cd/m2) on the Apple Watch Series 5, though the Series 5 measurement was difficult to obtain as it immediately began dimming down to around 234 nits. It immediately began to dim the display as soon our hand blocked light to the device. As Smith concludes, Apples investment in improving the brightness of the. Notably, we observed that the ambient light sensor on the Series 5 was highly active during testing. Apple has released two Pride Edition Apple Watch bands and new dynamic Pride. In the Brightness area, you may adjust the brightness by tapping on the Sun symbols on either side of the screen, which can be found on either side. We used an all white photo background on the watch face for testing.Īs expected the Apple Watch Series 6 performed better than the Apple Watch Series 5. To perform this test we increased the screen brightness to maximum on both devices and disabled wrist detection.
Check out this video comparing the screen brightness of the Apple Watch Series 6 versus the Apple Watch Series 5.